Re: Where to find Zmailer-FAQ ?

[Milan Riha <milan@rip.cz>]

Andrzej Stella-Sawicki wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Milan Riha wrote:
> 
> > it's look like zmailer is not able to parse command with parameters in
> > aliases.
> > I meen
> >  savit.test: "|/usr/sbin/smdeliver" is OK
> > but
> >  savit.test: "|/usr/sbin/smdeliver savit.test" is not.
> >
> > It's only my opinion and may be a'm wrong.
> 
> It accepts parameters, but only when the user is without dot:
> 
> savit: "|/usr/sbin/smdeliver savit" (is OK)
> savit.test: "|/usr/sbin/smdeliver savit.test" (is not OK)
> 
> The wrong address is strangely interpreted by router. Router seems to
> treat the dotted address with command and parameter as alias this way:
> 
> vrfy savit.test
> 250-newsgroup: not found
> 250-[: unknown operand '"|/usr/sbin/smdeliver'
> 250-[: syntax error at: savit.test"
> 250 error delivery to norealname for <savit.test>
> 
> router divided alias for two parts interpreted separately:
> 
> alias is : "|/usr/sbin/deliver savit.test"
> 
> router thinks that alias is : "|/usr/sbin/deliver
> second part is : savit.test"
> 
> What to do then ?

If adderesses for savit and savit.test are for the same person
then you can workarount this problem simply by creating
two aliases like:
------------------
savit.test: savit
savit: "|/usr/sbin/smdeliver savit"
------------------



> 
> Savit
> 
> Andrzej Stella-Sawicki <Savit@Sav.NET>
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